KindyKindyWords pricing — free for every child, with premium features for parents.
Free for every child. Premium for curious parents.
KindyWords’ core belief is simple: every kid deserves a personal writing mentor. The mentor itself — the voice cheer, the marked-up page back, the gentle one-or-two-things feedback, the never-guess safety rule — is FREE, for every child in your family, forever. The paywall never touches your child: a child on the free plan and a child on Premium have the identical experience.
Premium is for you: deeper insight into how your child is progressing, digests that save you attention, and conveniences. It’s also what keeps the mentor running — every reply uses real AI reading, voice, and image services, and Premium support covers those operational costs so the mentor can stay FREE for every child.
Prices are in USD and may change. Features marked coming are in active development and tracked openly — we never sell what isn’t built. The mentor is always free for every child.
The plans
| FREE | Basic | Premium | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 — FREE, forever | USD 11.99/month or USD 99/year | USD 17.99/month or USD 159/year |
| The mentor (full child experience) | ✅ every child | ✅ every child | ✅ every child |
| Practice moments | Generous daily allowance | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Parent insight features cover | — | 1 child | Every child in the family |
| Family circle (coming) | — | — | Up to 3 extra adults — grandparents get the practice email and their own login |
| Digital journal (coming) — every page, reply, and milestone kept beautifully, per child | — | — | ✅ |
From less than 30¢ a day. Basic on the annual plan works out to about 27¢ a day; Premium annual is about 44¢ a day — for every child in the family, and the family circle too. And every Premium family does something bigger: it covers the real running costs of a dozen or more families on the free plan, keeping the mentor free for every child.
Choose your plan
Basic
USD 11.99 / month · USD 99 / year
Premium
USD 17.99 / month · USD 159 / year
Paid plans are opening soon — start on the free plan today.
Your child’s experience — identical on every plan
| Feature | FREE | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Photo of real paper writing → warm feedback | ✅ | ✅ |
| Never a confident correction on an uncertain read — it asks instead | ✅ | ✅ |
| At most one or two things to try, only for words actually on the page | ✅ | ✅ |
| Warm Australian voice reply | ✅ | ✅ |
| Their page back with crayon circles, stars and stamps | ✅ | ✅ |
| Feedback adapted to age band (4–5 · 6–7 · 8–9) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Remembers practised words and celebrates streaks — warmly, never guilt | ✅ | ✅ |
| Every child in the family gets the mentor | ✅ | ✅ |
| Practice moments per day | Generous daily allowance (coming) | Unlimited |
For parents — where Premium lives
| Feature | FREE | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Progress view: streaks, practised and mastered words | ✅ | ✅ |
| Family view: every child after one login | ✅ | ✅ |
| Practice email: your child’s writing, the voice reply, the marked-up page, and a vocabulary summary (coming) | ✅ — with a quiet “buy the mentor a coffee” link | ✅ — no donation ask |
| Weekly insight digest: trends and patterns over time (coming) | — | ✅ |
| Practice packs built from your child’s own tricky words (coming) | — | ✅ |
| Term-over-term history charts (coming) | — | ✅ |
| Custom reminder schedules — to you, never your child (coming) | — | ✅ |
| Choice of Australian voices (coming) | — | ✅ |
| Family circle: grandparents get the email + their own login (coming, Family plan) | — | ✅ you grant and revoke each adult |
Always free, on every plan — because rights aren’t features
- Export your child’s data.
- Delete your child’s data, permanently.
- Revoke consent at any time.
- Automatic retention deletion — the schedule protects your child regardless of plan.
Why is the free plan really FREE?
Because the mission is the point: every kid deserves a personal writing mentor, and a family’s budget shouldn’t decide whether a six-year-old gets cheered on. The free plan is not a trial and does not expire. Premium families and the occasional coffee cover the real costs — every reply uses real AI reading, voice, and image services — so choosing free never needs an apology. If KindyWords makes your fridge door prouder, the practice email will include a small buy the mentor a coffee link (USD 3) — entirely optional, never attached to streaks, reminders, or anything your child sees.